Improvement in churns



5.1052277); fim/z/z 622/772 N, PETERS. PHOTOJJTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTO D-PATENT OFFICE.

B. N. HARRIS, OF TALBOTTON, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 92,308, dated July 6,1869.

To all whom it may concern:

being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon, makin g a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of thechurn with its operating devices and improve ments; Fig. 2, a top viewof the same.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction andcombinationof the operating devices, when arranged with the adjustable arm hingedto the side or partition wall'ot' a house.

Arepresents a platform or floor of the house that supports the devices,and B represents the wall or side post of a house, to which theadjustable arm U is attached by a hinge or suitable fastening, D,andthumb-screw or bolt E, the arm having a cavity or socket on its underside as a box for the journal F of the vertical shaft G to revolve inand to hold the shaft in its upright position, the upper end of can betightened or loosened when required and to suit the height of the wheelJ. The

pulley H is adjusted and tightened by the thumbscrew K tothe shaft G.

The dashers L are formed of thick wire or iron rods, attached to anupper and lower disk,

M N, the upper disk being attached to a cylinder, P, that surrounds theshaft G, and has a thumb-screw, It, by which thedasher is raised orlowered and adjusted to suit the quantity of milk in an uprightchurn ofany shape. The shaft G revolves in an ordinary step, S, attached to thebase of a churn intended to rest upon the platform A.

The pulley T assists in keeping the belt I in its proper position, andthe wheel. J is operated by the crank V, that drives the belt I, thatrevolves the pulley H, and that operates the dashers L. t

The bench W, that supports the wheels J and T, is intended to be movableand adjustable.

and arranged to operate as herein described,

and for the purpose set forth.

- B. N. HARRIS. Witnesses:

J OHN A. BOSWELL, J. H. MANNA.

What I claim as my invention, and desire

